The Harshman surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,647 people carried this name — #8,971 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 80,600 people counted. That is down 1% from 3,688 in 2000.

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In print

Harshman in American newspapers,
1903–1916.

Newspaper page from The Butte Inter Mountain carrying the name Harshman
The Butte Inter Mountain 1903-10-09
Newspaper page from El Paso Herald carrying the name Harshman
El Paso Herald 1916-10-21
Newspaper page from The Daily Gate City carrying the name Harshman
The Daily Gate City 1915-03-15

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,696 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Harshman in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1950s.

40 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Harshman. The most, 17, date from the 1950s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 25
South Australia 11
Western Australia 2
Northern Territory 1
Queensland 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Harshman.

Who carried it

People named Harshman,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jack Harshman
    Jack Harshman 1927–2013 · baseball player
  • Bobby Hart
    Bobby Hart 1939–2025 · singer
  • Richard Harshman d. 2008 · psychologist
  • Marv Harshman 1917–2013 · basketball player

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 6 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Harshman,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States161 records

161 records of the Harshman name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 115
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 36
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 5
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  • Ramsey County (Minnesota) Memorial Hall, war dead 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Stephen Ward Harshman

    Born 1945; from North Lima, Ohio. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1967 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam. Buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery, North Lima, Ohio.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Robert E. Harshman

    Born 1923 in Pennsylvania. Enlisted 1943 at Harrisburg; driver from Franklin County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Greencastle, Pennsylvania.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Frank S. Harshman

    Veteran of World War I. Born 1897, died 1974; buried at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minnesota.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 161 records for Harshman in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · Ramsey County, Minnesota (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Canada32 records

32 records of the Harshman name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 30
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 2
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Myra Katherine Harshman

    Buried in 1993 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 91.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Clarence Harold Harshman

    Died 1961 in Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Louisa Harshman

    Married 1872 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 32 records for Harshman in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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